The daughter of communist labor organizers, Mabel is relatively sheltered and plain compared to the more outgoing, flamboyant Evie.

Mabel is Evie's best friend, one whom Evie gets into trouble every once in a while. She is 17 years old at the start of the series. Evie enjoys flirting, and at the end of The Diviners she enters her first real romantic relationship with Jericho in spite of her ongoing flirtation with Sam and her awareness of Mabel's crush on Jericho.

In Lair of Dreams, she becomes 'America's Sweetheart Seer,' with her own radio show. A diviner, Evie has the ability to 'read' objects, finding out secrets about their owners when she holds them in her hands. Characters Evie O'Neill Įvie is a flapper, a 1920s party girl who often uses terms like 'post-i-tute-ly' and wears her hair in a bob. The fourth book 'The King of Crows' brings the story to its climax as new characters are introduced and the stakes are at their highest. The third book 'Before the Devil Breaks You' follows the Diviners as they try to uncover who is bringing an army of killer ghosts from the beyond and who exactly is The King of Crows. The sequel 'Lair of Dreams' picks up the pace, reveals more about characters central to the plot, and opens doors to new horrors. Along the way, she discovers more people of her kind with supernatural abilities and they unearth mysteries that deepen their suspicions towards a bigger plan behind the murders. After hearing of numerous mysterious murders she uses her powers of object reading with the help of her uncle to defeat the spirit serial killer. At the same time, a ouija board has awakened a spirit by the name of Naughty John. Plot Įvie O'Neill, a young girl in the 1920s, is sent to live with her uncle after another in a series of disastrous events in her hometown. The book has been nominated for an Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy as well as a Bram Stoker Award, and was one of the YALSA's picks for 'best audiobook of 2012'. The plot follows seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill as she helps her uncle Will-curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult-uncover the killer behind a mysterious series of murders. The book was published on September 18, 2012, by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and is set in New York City during the 1920s. The Diviners is a 2012 young adult novel by Libba Bray.

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